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Fruit Pudding Cups with Meringue Rosettes

May 25, 2015 · 14 Comments

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As I mentioned in a previous post, I was invited early next month to attend my eldest brother’s birthday party at his daughter’s new home. A casual summer-themed affair, simplicity, fun, and elegance would go hand in hand, and proudly in that order.

Aside from celebrating another healthy year with my brother, I was also looking forward to the simple respite of the event. Instead of plotting out menus and coordinating themes, I could simply enjoy their company, leaving the aforementioned details entirely in the caring hands of someone else. In other words, I would finally be able to enjoy worrying about coordinating nothing more complicated than my own wardrobe.

Alas, however, this respite was to be short lived.

I received a call just a few days ago from one of my niece’s guests who needed advice on how to put together a summer dessert – for this very event. The dessert needed to be at once delicious, eye pleasing, and to fit into my niece’s summery tablescape. Simple, I thought, until I heard the caveats. She needed to be able to make the dessert quickly on spot, or mere minutes beforehand. Lastly, and most challengingly, it needed to be kid friendly, almost a craft of sorts, while at the same time being something adults would want to eat.

“Let me get back to you on that,” was my daunted reply. Like Socrates embarking upon a theoretic journey of cerebral trial and error, I was now destined to wrestle with this latest gastronomic dilemma for the remainder of the afternoon.

However, early the next morning all I had to show for my consideration was an unmade phone call, and several scraps of papers with recipes ranging from the far too elaborate to the far too messy. After briefly considering simply surrendering on what seemed to be an impossibly tall request, I decided to carry the dilemma with me during my run for supplies that afternoon at Walmart.

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While selecting a bag of favorite chocolate coated caramels, I noticed a large Snack Pack Mixins display full of chocolate and vanilla pudding cups. It instantly reminded me of the late spring or early summer treats that my kids used love as children. Pleasant memories, I thought.

It wasn’t until I had my back to the display and was the leaving the aisle that the realization hit like a splash of ice water with keywords of my brother’s partying ringing between my ears. “Simplicity and Fun.” At once, I knew that I was over-thinking the task.

However, before I could be sure that I had found a solution, I had to make a test batch.

I first considered preparing rounds of pudding cups topped with strawberry infused whipped cream, but I couldn’t help wanting to do something just a bit ‘more,’ and decided to opt for a mix of fresh fruit and diced Snack Pack Pudding Bars instead. After mixing chunks of peach and strawberries into the cups, I layered the top of the cup with bits of the brownies. Then, over the brownies, I arranged fruit slices into flower-like bouquets on the pudding cups, using peach for the vanilla, and strawberry for the chocolate, and topped each with a star of whipped cream.

As delightful as these easy to make desserts looked, I still wanted to do something more, a final touch to top it all off, both figuratively and literally. I decided on swirled strawberry meringue cookies, which would add a dash of crunch and a final note of fruity sweetness while still keeping the dessert light and crisp. For best results, these cookies can be made ahead of time, and then assembled before serving to preserve the crunch in order to create the perfect spring pudding packs.

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Needless to say, I was very happy with the result, with the delightful treats not only being quick and easy to make, but they will looking absolutely precious as part of my niece’s arrangement. On the plus side, the cups strike a perfect balance between being ‘fun enough’ for the kids, while also being enticing enough for the adults, and all in quick and easy to prepare snack cups.

What are some of your shortcuts to summer entertaining? Or what are some of your best crowd-pleasers? We would love to hear from you.

Looking for more pudding cup recipe ideas? Check here for inspiration!

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Fruit Pudding Cups with Meringue Rosettes


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  • Author: Living the Gourmet
  • Prep Time: 15 minutes
  • Cook Time: 40 minutes
  • Total Time: 55 minutes
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Ingredients

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  • Vanilla & Chocolate SUPER Snack Packs
  • Snack Pack Pudding Bars, chopped (I used Chocolate Fudge & Chocolate Caramel)
  • Fresh Peaches, diced & sliced
  • Fresh Strawberries, diced & sliced
  • Whipped Cream or Reddi wip
  • Green Food Coloring

Meringue Rosettes:

  • 4 egg whites
  • 1/2 cup white sugar
  • 1/4 teaspoon cream of tartar
  • 1 teaspoon strawberry gelatin

Instructions

  1. In the bowl of your mix master with whisk attachment, beat egg whites.
  2. Once frothy, gradually add sugar, cream of tartar and gelatin. Continue beating on high speed until stiff peaks form.
  3. Preheat oven to 200 degrees F. Line two baking sheets with parchment paper.
  4. Prepare the piping bag with the petal attachment or rosette attachment. Fill with meringue and starting at the center of the ‘rose bud’, squeeze the meringue at a 90-degree angle, and swirl clockwise.
  5. Bake the meringue cookies for about 40-45 minutes. Let the cookies cool completely.

Pudding Cups:

  1. Stir fresh diced strawberries into the chocolate pudding cups, and diced peaches into the vanilla pudding cups.
  2. Top each with Snack Pack Pudding Bars and then fruit slices.
  3. Pipe fresh whipped cream or top each cup with Reddi wip. Brush the edges of the cream with green food coloring to create the ‘leaves’.
  4. Finally, complete the pudding cups with a meringue rosette cookie.
  5. Serve & Enjoy!
  • Category: Dessert

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Enjoy with Love,
Catherine

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  1. Comedy Plus says

    25/05/2015 at 6:49 pm

    Oh these look wonderful. A great treat for young and old.

    Have a fabulous day. ♥♥♥

    ★★★★★

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  2. Nicole Elliott says

    25/05/2015 at 8:46 pm

    Those were a lot of crazy demands, but I think you hit upon them all perfectly, and I know I would love this as a surprising twist to the typical dessert faire found at a party as well as my kids! #client

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  3. Rhonda says

    26/05/2015 at 12:00 am

    At last my post is up! Check it out here: http://www.thekitchenwitchblog.com/2015/05/24/coffee-hibiscus-spareribs/ hope you will forgive me…yes I”m still groveling!

    Reply
  4. Cynthia/What A Girl Eats says

    26/05/2015 at 4:39 am

    What a clever way to jazz up a store-bought dessert and make it look so special!

    Reply
  5. manu says

    26/05/2015 at 7:30 am

    These cups are so cute!!!
    xox

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  6. Medeja says

    26/05/2015 at 8:38 am

    Easy and really beautiful looking dessert!

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  7. Tanya Walton says

    26/05/2015 at 3:57 pm

    What a lovely idea Catherine…one of my favourite quickies for summer is frozen fizzy jelly. You can dish it up any way you like making it simple or elaborate but that fizzy ‘frozenness’ is wonderful!!

    ★★★★★

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  8. Dottie Sauchelli-Balin says

    26/05/2015 at 7:25 pm

    Dear, Catherine, Tammy, and Michael,
    What a delightful post and your idea of these pudding cups are genius! They are so lovely and so many flavors and textures to this one. Kid friendly but just an elegant dessert for the adults..Sheer perfection…. One of my favorite summer goodies are cream puffs. I know that you must be saying how boring…but I make the puffs and then add a flavored whipped cream to them with a strawberry, blueberry, or any type of fruit inside that match up the flavors and also add a piece to the top with a small bit of cream. Everyone loves them and also kid friendly. If it is really hot, I freeze them already made up and then take them out and when you bite into one it takes like ice cream. Thanks for sharing..Enjoy your week and I know that your brother’s party is going to be awesome!
    Dottie 🙂

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  9. Carrie @Frugal Foodie Mama says

    27/05/2015 at 1:45 pm

    How fun and clever are these?? I love how you fancied up store bought pudding cups. 🙂

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  10. Stephanie says

    01/06/2015 at 4:17 am

    Oh my, these are just the cutest! You have really prettied up some plain pudding cups and I have an idea that children of all ages would love to eat one 🙂

    Thank you so much for sharing with Roses of Inspiration. The party has a new time and will be live tomorrow {Monday} at 3:00 in the afteroon. Have a beautiful week!

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  11. swathi says

    02/06/2015 at 12:11 am

    Looks delicious, lovely fruit pudding cups. you made simple fruits cups a wonderful makeover, thanks for sharing with Hearth and soul blog hop. pinning.

    Reply
  12. Marci @ Stone Cottage Adventures says

    02/06/2015 at 9:34 am

    A quick and tasty treat! Thank you for joining Tuesdays with a Twist! -Marci @ Stone Cottage Adventures

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  13. grazia says

    06/06/2015 at 4:40 am

    Marvellouse recipe !!!
    I want try to prepare it!!!

    ★★★★★

    Reply
  14. grazia says

    06/06/2015 at 4:42 am

    Looks very nice!!
    I want to prepare these recipe!!

    ★★★★★

    Reply

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